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UNIT6课时跟踪检测(三)
语言技能应用练
I.阅读理解
against him and handed Annan a courtroom(法庭)
A
defeat by presenting her detailed hand-drawn
It's natural to think about what goes into
blueprints.Finally,Knight received her rightful
producing the food in your daily lunch bag.But have patent in 1871.
you ever stopped to consider the production
After making the machine,she continued to
techniques behind the bag itself?At the center of it;invent many other things like a paper feeding
is a woman named Margaret Knight.
machine and a skirt protector.Knight,at the age of
From her earliest years,Knight was a restless
seventy,worked twenty hours a day on 89th
creator.In the article titled "The Evolution of the invention.
Grocery Bag",its writer mentions a few of her 1.Why does the writer mention Knight's childhood
childhood projects.She was "famous for her kites",
projects?
and "her sleds were the envy of the town's boys".
A.To introduce a book to readers.
To support her mother,she took a job at a
B.To tell us young Knight liked sports
cotton factory when she was 12.That same year she
C.To show Knight was envied by other girls.
invented a shuttle system which helped to prevent
D.To show Knight was creative as a child.
injury.At the time,she had no concept of patenting:2.Which words can best describe Knight?
her idea.What strengthened her place in history was
A.Intelligent and generous.
her working experience at the Columbia Paper Bag
B.Courageous and hard-working.
Company.Here,instead of folding every paper bag
C.Considerate and optimistic.
by hand,Knight wondered if she might be able to
D.Independent and determined.
make them cleanly and rapidly via an automated:3.What do we know about the paper folding
machine.The result was a working model of her
machine?
elegant paper-folding machine.But this time:she
A.It turned to be slower but safer.
wanted to go to the extra step and secure a patent on
B.It was co-invented by Knight and Annan.
her creation,a brave move for a woman in the 19